Embracing Mathematics: On Becoming a Teacher and Changing With Mathematics

, by Appelbaum, Peter; Allen, With David Scott

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ISBN: 9780203930243 | 020393024X
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Copyright: 5/19/2008

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This "alternative textbook" integrates pedagogy and content exploration in ways that are unique in mathematics education, provoking new ideas for making mathematics education meaningful to teachers at all levels as well as their students.

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Preface : How can I (better) embrace mathematics? David Scott Allen
Prologue
Response to Prologue: Be a student of mathematics learners
Planning and assessment
Response to Chapter 1: Engage yourself in meaningful observation
Action Research 1, Numbers on Trial
MathWorlds 1: Reverse answer to questions
A psychoanalytic perspective
Response to Chapter 2: Ask yourself to change
Action Research 2, Flexible interview project
MathWorlds 2: Multiple answers
You are a mathematician
Response to Chapter 3: Explore the vastness of mathematics
Action Research 3, Mathematics journals
MathWorlds 3: Reading and writing mathematics
Critical thinkers thinking critically
Response to Chapter 4: It is critical to think
Action Research 4, Lesson: world population and wealth
MathWorlds 4: Pitching questions at various levels
Consuming culture: commodities and cultural resources
Response to Chapter 5: Emphasize the meaning-making of mathematics
Action Research 5, Problem solving through literature
MathWorlds 5: Turning "puzzles" into "problems" or "exercises"
Metaphors for the classroom space
Response to Chapter 6: Take ownership of your classroom space
Action Research 6, Linking mathematics to social issues
MathWorlds 6: Same math, different metaphors
Places where people learn mathematics
Response to Chapter 7: The classroom is always changing
Action Research 7, Empowering students who don't learn
When students don't learn
Response to Chapter 8: We are all students
Epilogue : Becoming a teacher and changing with mathematics
Afterword : What will you write in your chapter?
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Embracing Mathematics: On Becoming a Teacher and Changing With Mathematics

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